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MECHANISM FOR COUNTING FOLDED NEWSPAPERS.

No. 243,690. Patented July 5, 18 81 Milnesses: Invent/ 0TH N PETERS. Phmo'LiMgnpher, WMhillglm-n, D. C

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOHN J. CLAUSE, JOHN R. YVOODLOCK, AND JOSEPH 'BICHL, OF: CHICAGO,

' ILLINOIS.

MECHANISM FOR COUNTING FOLDED NEWSPAPERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 243,690, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed October 10, 1879.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that we, J oHN J. CLAUSE, JOHN R. WooDLocK, and J osEPH BICHL, all residtail showing devices for operatin g the movable guide or stop.

The object of this invention is to deliver the papers froma folding mechanism attached to a web-printing press, so as to produce a perfect separation of or division between the papers when folded and enable an accurate count to be made, which separation or division shall be automatically performed, and shall divide the folded papers into series having a uniform number; and its nature consists in providing a movable guide or stop and a stationary guide or stop so arranged that the papers of a series will be folded at different points in relation to each other by the folding devices, and will be disk having an intermittent rotary movement for operating the movable guide or stop; in

providing the disk with one or more pins so located in reference to the teeth of the ratchet wheel and an arm or mechanism for raising the movable guide as that a pin will engage and operate the movable guide at uniform intervals.

In the drawings, A represents the movable guide; B, the stationary guide; C, the arms supporting the movable guide or stop; D, the

rock-shaft carrying the movable guide or stop the shaft carrying the eccentric; L L, the

shafts carrying the tape-pulleys; M M, the folding-rollers'; N, the cross-bar supporting the folding-blade, (not shown;) 0 O 0, the supporting-frame; P P P", the cross-bars of'the' frame; Q, the cross-bar which, with the crossbarP,supports the shafts of the folding-rollers; a, the pins or projections on the revolving disk; I), the arm for operating the rock-shaft; 0, the

,arm or lever for returning the rock-shaft; d, thecoil-spring; e, the ratchet-teeth f, the slid- :ing catch or pawl; g g, the pulleys carrying the tapes; h, the tapes.

The stops or guides A B are located near the outer end of the foldingrollers and at a short distance apart, and are arranged so as to be parallel with each other and transverse to the movement of the papers over the folding-rollers. Y The inner stop, A, is movable, so that it can be raised up and allow one or more papers to pass beneath it and come in contact with the stop B, which is stationary, and both stops A B act as guides for folding the papers on different lines. The stop or guide Ais made in sections, with an opening or passage between for the passage of the folding-blade, and the stop or guide B is made in one piece, as shown,

extending across the end of the folding-blade at a sufficient distance therefrom not to in terfere with the vertical movements .of the blade, and have it act to fold the papers. delivered as folded; in providing a circular D projects beyond the side of the frame, and ;to its end is firmly secured a short arm,=b, by

means of which the shaft can be rocked in its bearings, so as to raise the stop or guide A sufficiently to allow the papers to pass between ,it and the folding-rollers and come in contact with the stationary stop or guide B, such upward movement of the guide A occurring at regular intervals, in order to divide the papers into series of a uniform number.

The disk E is mounted on a spindle, E, suitably supported on the frame, and is to be given an intermittent rotary movement. This disk, near its periphery, has a series of holes,

' located at equal distances apart to receive pins or studs a, which project out from the face of the disk, and are so arranged as to be brought successively in contact with the arm I) as the disk E is revolved. The pins or studs a are secured in place in such manner as to be removable, so that a portion or all but one can be taken out for the purpose of varying the intervals at which the stop or guide A is operated, so as to increase or diminish the number of papers in each series.

The wheel G is mounted and revolves on the spindle or aXisE, and has on its periphery a series of ratchet-teeth, e, and is firmly secured to the hub or small circular projection F of the disk E, so that when the wheel G is actuated motion will be imparted to the .disk E. As shown, the wheel G is of sufficient diameter to have on its periphery fifty teeth; but its diameter may be increased or diminished so as to provide a greater or less number of teeth, the number, for convenience, being one that can be subdivided into series of fives or tens whenever so desired. This subdivision in the form of mechanism shown is efiected by locating the holes in the disk E which receive the pins or studs a so that a pin or stud can be placed to make thedesired division. As shown, five pins or studs a are used, which makes five series of teeth of ten each when the entire number of pins are em ployed, or fifty when only one, or twenty-five with two of the pins. The number of pins can be increased to ten, making a subdivision of five, and the number of teeth 0 can be increased to a hundred or more, with pins or studs a arranged to make the desired subdivisions. The wheel G is carried forward one tooth as each paper is folded, and the disk E is advanced accordingly a distance equal to the space between each tooth or notch e as a paper is folded which advancement brings the pins or studs 64 into contact in succession and in regular order with the .arm I), so that at the completion of each series the stop or guide A will be raised, and one paper will be folded in the line of the guide or stop Bin the form of device shown, thereby projecting one paper, so as to make a distinct separation between the series.

In the construction shown a lever or arm, H, carrying a sliding catch or point, f, to engage with the teeth or notches e, is provided for actuating the wheel G. This lever or arm H has a vibrating movement given to it by a pitman, I, operated by an eccentric, J, on the end of a shaft, K, mounted in suitable bearings on the frame, which shaft may be driven from the shaft of the folding-blade, (notshown,) or in any other suitable manner, so that the eccentric will operate to carry the arm or lever H forward at each descent of the blade and return it as the blade ascends, each forward movement of the lever advancing the wheel and disk one notch or tooth with each descent of the folding-blade, the sliding pawl f passing over the notches or teeth as the lever or arm is returned, so as not to act on the wheel G and disk E.

Other forms of devices can be used for giving the wheel and dish a forward movement in unison with the descent of the folding-blade and advancing the disk one notch as each paper is carried between the folding-rollers.

The shafts L L are located at each end of the frame, and are mounted in suitable bearings on the frame, and carry pulleys g 9, over which the ordinary tapes, h, for delivering the papers over the folding-rollers run.

The folding-rollers Mare supported in suitable bearings on the cross-pieces P Q of the frame, and are arranged and operate in the usual manner. An ordinary folding-blade supported in suitable guides by the cross-bar N is to be used, the bar N supporting the blade so as to carry the papers between the foldingrollers M and fold each paper or sheet at or near the center.

The frame-work O O 0 may be of any form of construction suitable for the purpose of furnishing a support for the folding mechanism and the automatic counting devices.

In use the sheets are carried by the tapes it over the folding-rollers M, and the foldingblade descends and forces the sheets between the rollers, which complete the folding in the usual manner, each descent of the folding-blade carrying the disk forward, as before described.

In the arrangement shown only one paper is advanced or projected beyond the others of the series to produce a separation between the series.

To make a separation between series of ten the papers will be folded at the stop A, the wheel E advancing one notch as each paper is folded withoutaffecting the stop until the tenth notch is reached, at which time the pin or stud a will strike the arm I) and raise the guide A, and the next paper will pass beneath the guide A against the stop or guide B and be folded at that point, so that such paper will project beyond the other papers a distance equal to the distance between the two guides AB, producing a variable delivery of the folded papers. The next series is counted in the same manner, the papers being stopped for folding against the stop or guide A, which is returned by the action of the spring d, which, through the arm 0, returns the rock-shaft D and stop A in position for the stop to act until again raised by a pin or stud, a, striking the arm 12, and these movements will continue as long as the papers are delivered to the folding-rollers.

The separations into other series than tens is effected in the same manner, the pins or studs being located so as to produce the required series, a paper being projected by being folded when in contact with the guide or stop B, while the others are folded when in contact with the stop or guide A.

It is evident that the disk E might have a series of flanges so arranged as to raise the stop A for an entire series, so that one series would be folded at the stop or guide B and another at the stop or guide A, and that other forms of mechanism can be used in carrying out the invention, which is the separating of folded papers into series having a uniform number by giving them a variable delivery, so that one or more papers will be projected beyond the ends of the papers of the series.

, By this arrangement it will be seen that papers can be separated into series having a uniform number in each series, which separation will enable an accurate count to be made by reason of the variable delivery, producing a welldefined line of separation of one series from another, and that the series can be made to contain a larger or smaller number of papers, and the papers in each series must be the same in number in each instance, and the papers are delivered folded and counted automatically in series of a uniform number.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a newspaper folding and counting machine, the combination of the stationary guide or stop B, the adjacent movable guide or stop A, arranged to be raised and lowered at'prede termined intervals, the paper-carrying tapes h, and the folding-rollers M, located beneath the tapes and the guides or stops, substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

2. The combination, with the stationary guide or stop B and the movable guide A, attached to a rock-shaft, D, provided with the arm I), of the intermittently-rotating disk E, provided with one or more removable pins, arranged to operate the arm of the rock-shaft and lift the movable guide or stop at predetermined intervals, substantially as and for purpose herein described.

JNO. J. CLAUSE. JOHN R. WOODLOOK. JOSEPH BIOHL.

Witnesses:

A. W. BOND, H. F. BRUNS. 

